Unscramble PUDSEY and you have 66 words, PUDSEY itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
P34U12D2S1E1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PUDSEY split into 1 with 6 letters, 6 with 5, 24 with 4, 27 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of PUDSEY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with PU · ending in EY · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ESPY, PYES, YEPS and YUPS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PUDSEY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUDSEY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 66) | 47 | 66 | 43 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 19 of them: PUDSEY, PUDSY, SYPED, UPSEY, PUYS, SYPE, UPSY, PUY, SYED, UEYS, SEY, SYE and 7 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: YEPS, DEPS, DEP and EDS.
These 2 words take every letter of PUDSEY plus a single extra one.